People-Powered Climate Action Across the Global South

Global South communities are taking action and demanding accountability from their governments. Communities, individuals, and social movements must design and own policies and development activities to protect their rights and way of life and build resilience to the climate disaster. They offer real alternatives to corporate players’ market-based solutions using indigenous and local practices and rights-based approaches.

 

FOR WHOM? A REFLECTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGES IN AFRICA’S CLEAN ENERGY SHIFT

The global transition towards clean energy and decarbonization has spurred increased demand for battery technologies and electric mobility services. Investments on critical mineral resources are scaling up as continents and countries race to secure these raw material inputs needed to manufacture battery-powered products. Africa’s abundant natural resource endowments makes it...

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A CSO Review Of Kenya’s Amended Climate Change Act

In May 2016, former President Uhuru Kenyatta introduced the Climate Change Act, the first of its kind in Africa. It was designed not only to establish mechanisms and strategies for supposedly achieving low-carbon climate development, but also to mainstream climate change as a central agenda in the development process. The...

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[ACSC/APF 2023] Rural Women Building Agroecology as an Alternative Movement Against False Solutions in Large Oil Palm Plantations

This side event is co-organised by Serikat Perempuan Indonesia and IBON International at the ASEAN Civil Society Conference / ASEAN Peoples’ Forum 2023 (ACSC/APF 2023) convergence space on climate and environmental justice Indonesia is one of the world’s largest palm oil producers, and its oil palm plantations have expanded significantly...

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